Carmoisine Lake Food Colour is a synthetic acid dye containing both NN and CC chromophore groups [pyrazolone dye]. It is a red dye; soluble in water; melting point -300 C; used in coloring food, cosmetics and meications [C.I. Food Red 3]. Carmoisine Lake Food Colour is supplied by Magnil Dye Chem.
Magnil Dye Chem is an ISO 9001 certified company. Magnil Dye Chem offers a range of food colours and dyes used in food, dairy, confection, baking, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, health and snack industries. The Carmoisine Lake Food Colour can be applicable to all kind of natural fibres like wool, cotton and silk as well as to synthetics like polyesters, acrylic and rayon. But they are not substantive to cellulosic fibres. They are also used in paints, inks, plastics and leather. Lake is a chelate formed between a mordant dye and a polyvalent metal ion [aluminum and ferric iron are common. Both have three valencies] which forms covalent and coordinate bond with fibers and proteins in a manner similar to that between the mordant and the dye and so as to form an insoluble lake.
Properties of Carmoisine Lake Food Colour are:
